Cook a Super Easy Chicken Tikka Salad Dressing in 10-Min!

It’s time to dispel the myth that salads are not tasty! With the right ingredients, method, and recipe you can make an appetising chicken tikka salad that can be a part of your daily meal regime, as well as serve them to guests!

Out of many types of salads, the paneer tikka salad or chicken tikka salad is a popular and delicious variation loved by many. The fresh crunch of vegetables, with soft and juicy paneer/chicken, and the subtle spice mixed with the cream of the aromatic tikka dip make this dish one of the best healthy meals!

Before we can dive into the recipe, let’s find out why this tasty salad is so healthy. This recipe’s main attraction is vegetables, which contain high natural fibre content. You also consume many organic nutrients that are present in fruits and vegetables including healthy fats. These healthy components help you build strong bones and improve your muscle strength drastically.

Further, salads are also extremely beneficial for your gut health and digestion system. Most importantly, eating a salad every day is immensely good for your heart. Additionally, the addition of paneer or chicken to this recipe brings lots of protein to the table.

Apart from the natural ingredients, a paneer or chicken tikka salad dressing or dip can also be healthy for you! Tikka pastes are made of mashed vegetables and natural Indian spices. If you use Ferns’ Tikka Paste, you can rest assured that the quality of your salad will be high.

The ingredients that go into making these pastes are hand-picked, and have to go through rigorous testing before they can make it to the bottle. This ensures that our curry pastes have the utmost quality, and also retain the traditional tikka taste that is familiar to many Indian mouths! This paneer or chicken tikka salad recipe contains a healthy twist to a normal tikka recipe, and eating it will keep you full for a long time! With a soul-satisfying taste and fusion methodology, replacing a meal of the day with this scrumptious salad is more than enough.

The ingredients used in this recipe are Chicken/ paneer, a wide variety of vegetables, sour cream, ketchup or tomato sauce; and salt, pepper, and olive oil for an enhanced taste. All the spices can be compensated by the Ferns’ Tikka Paste, as it contains all the ingredients that are required to give this dish the tikka kick! Here is how you can prepare a chicken or paneer tikka salad in 10 minutes!

How to Prepare a Paneer or Chicken Tikka Salad

Paneer of Chicken Tikka Salad Method:

1. Mix Sour Cream, Ferns’ Tikka Paste, Tomato Ketchup, Salt, and Pepper in a blender.
2. Adjust the seasoning and use it as required.
3. Chop up your choice of vegetables (suggestions: carrots, blanched mushrooms, cauliflower florets, broccoli, spring onions, cucumber, and celery stalks).
4. Mix thoroughly with the dressing/dip.
5. Add the Chicken/ Paneer pieces and toss until mixed.
6. Drizzle Olive oil.

Another pro tip is to serve bite-sized snacks and crackers with this recipe. If you prefer your recipe to be sourer, you can add a dash of lemon juice to the salad once it’s prepared. You can also cook and marinate the chicken or paneer for an improved taste! Olives and jalapenos are also great toppings for this salad. If you want low oil content, you can completely skip out on the olive oil as well. If you want sweet & sour chutneys on the side, try our Sweet Mango Chutney or Date and Tamarind Chutney as well!

We hope this paneer or chicken tikka salad recipe was a success and you were able to enjoy it with your loved ones! If you want more such healthy recipes, you can check out our recipe page and find an array of delicious, traditional, and fusion dishes you can prepare in a quick and easy method! Also, browse through Ferns’ Food Products. These make your cooking process a breeze, with high-quality ready-to-add curry pastes that go in a huge variety of recipes!